Emergency services descended on the Newcastle Quayside after a Mayday call from a boat on the Tyne - but never found it.

The Coastguard were called on Friday afternoon by a man who said his boat had broken down on the river near the Tyne Bridge. Rescue boats from the fire service and the volunteer life brigades from Tynemouth and South Shields rushed to the scene along with a rapid response paramedic, an ambulance and a Hazardous Area Response Team.

But despite extensive searches by all emergency services, the boat was never found.